![Providence Will Not Host Indy Car Race In 2015](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2014/12/indy-car.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Providence Will Not Host Indy Car Race In 2015
Indy cars won't be zooming through the streets of Providence anytime soon.
WPRO-AM reports a company that had been planning a race through downtown streets for August 2015 now says it has "moved on."
Mark Perrone, president of New England Grand Prix, says the economics of a deal with the city did not work.
Ann Gooding, a spokeswoman for Mayor Angel Taveras, says the city could not reach agreement with the organizers about which routes the cars would use and measures to ensure the safety of pedestrians and vehicles.
Perrone says he might still be open to doing an event in Providence at another time.
He says they are planning an Indy car event in Boston in 2016.
[Associated Press]
More From WBSM-AM/AM 1420
![Providence Man Charged With OUI in Taunton Head-On Crash](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2020/12/Taunton-Police.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Could Providence’s Washington Bridge Become a Tunnel Instead?](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/02/attachment-attachment-untitled-design-2024-01-22t165132-012-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![RI Philharmonic to Host Free Concert at Roger Williams Park](http://townsquare.media/site/519/files/2024/07/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-07-09T080132.672.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Providence Hoops Legend’s Name Misspelled at Complex Dedicated to Him](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/06/attachment-Ernie-D-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![New Animals on Exhibit at Legendary Rhode Island Zoo](http://townsquare.media/site/519/files/2024/06/attachment-new-animals-at-rwpzoo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Narragansett Police Arrest Seven After Large Fight on Block Island Ferry Dock](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/06/attachment-Narragansett-Fight-Arrests.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Everything You Need to Know About Rhode Island’s Pride Festival](http://townsquare.media/site/519/files/2024/06/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-06-14T145923.711.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Enter to Win Tickets to ‘Bruce in the USA’ at the Providence Performing Arts Center](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/06/attachment-BruceintheUSA.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Why Providence’s Dancing Cop Was Fired](http://townsquare.media/site/518/files/2024/05/attachment-GettyImages-51859513.jpg?w=980&q=75)